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4. National Association of
Decorative & Fine Arts Societies
The National Library
of Wales has requested The October NADFAS (National Association
past and future copies of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies)
of the Leighton News meeting takes place on Thursday October
for a place in its 27th at 2.30pm. Venue is the Powis Suite,
archives. Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool.
The British Library has The speaker is John Ericson, whose topic is Inn Signia
always required publishers to supply a copy of all books — Pub Signs, the art work and the stories behind the
magazines, newspapers, etc. for the national record. We names.
hardly thought a small village newsletter may be consid- Non-members are welcome, but a
ered in the same way. donation of £5 is suggested to
The request was emailed from the web site and David help cover costs. No need to
Williams responded with a link to his DropBox archive of book, just turn up.
the newsletters from 1986 to 2007. For more information telephone
Aled Betts is the Acquisitions Librarian at the National Avril on 01938 555938 or e-mail
Library and we followed up with a phone call to find out avril@avrilhart.com
what format was most suitable. As hoped the PDF format
is fine and Aled was pleased to be able to download the LEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL
first tranche.
He had come across a recent issue from this year so was Available for Booking
interested to see the progression from the first
cyclostyled sheet to the present day — he also comm- · Coffee Mornings
ented that it was rare to get an archive of this size when
local newsletters frequently lasted no more than a few · Birthday Parties
years.
Will the Leighton News form part of a student’s · Family get-togethers
research project in years to come?
*********** · Christenings
So the sun shone on the Village Show once
again while the midlands and the south-east · Weddings
were treated to steady rainy downpours.
Thanks to Jane Walton for doing the · Anniversaries etc.
honours once again with a splendid set of
photos. As with all events we are lucky to fit Tel: 07854 103 058
in a fraction of the pictures available even with Email:villagehall@leightonnews.com
allocating 2½ pages. Some are only tiny thumb-nails but
hope they’ll be enough to remind you of a grand day out.
We are still planning some online picture galleries to
display the whole lot — more info next issue — maybe.
Steve Patricia
MARTON WELSHPOOL
Friday Monday
21st October 10th October
at 7:30 at 7:00pm
Tickets are £4.00. Under 16s £2.00. Doors open at 6:30pm at the Assembly Room.
Bar and refreshments. All welcome. Tickets: £3.50 Refreshments available.
Decorative & Fine Arts Societies
The National Library
of Wales has requested The October NADFAS (National Association
past and future copies of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies)
of the Leighton News meeting takes place on Thursday October
for a place in its 27th at 2.30pm. Venue is the Powis Suite,
archives. Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool.
The British Library has The speaker is John Ericson, whose topic is Inn Signia
always required publishers to supply a copy of all books — Pub Signs, the art work and the stories behind the
magazines, newspapers, etc. for the national record. We names.
hardly thought a small village newsletter may be consid- Non-members are welcome, but a
ered in the same way. donation of £5 is suggested to
The request was emailed from the web site and David help cover costs. No need to
Williams responded with a link to his DropBox archive of book, just turn up.
the newsletters from 1986 to 2007. For more information telephone
Aled Betts is the Acquisitions Librarian at the National Avril on 01938 555938 or e-mail
Library and we followed up with a phone call to find out avril@avrilhart.com
what format was most suitable. As hoped the PDF format
is fine and Aled was pleased to be able to download the LEIGHTON VILLAGE HALL
first tranche.
He had come across a recent issue from this year so was Available for Booking
interested to see the progression from the first
cyclostyled sheet to the present day — he also comm- · Coffee Mornings
ented that it was rare to get an archive of this size when
local newsletters frequently lasted no more than a few · Birthday Parties
years.
Will the Leighton News form part of a student’s · Family get-togethers
research project in years to come?
*********** · Christenings
So the sun shone on the Village Show once
again while the midlands and the south-east · Weddings
were treated to steady rainy downpours.
Thanks to Jane Walton for doing the · Anniversaries etc.
honours once again with a splendid set of
photos. As with all events we are lucky to fit Tel: 07854 103 058
in a fraction of the pictures available even with Email:villagehall@leightonnews.com
allocating 2½ pages. Some are only tiny thumb-nails but
hope they’ll be enough to remind you of a grand day out.
We are still planning some online picture galleries to
display the whole lot — more info next issue — maybe.
Steve Patricia
MARTON WELSHPOOL
Friday Monday
21st October 10th October
at 7:30 at 7:00pm
Tickets are £4.00. Under 16s £2.00. Doors open at 6:30pm at the Assembly Room.
Bar and refreshments. All welcome. Tickets: £3.50 Refreshments available.
